10/12 Muskingum River

Got out with the guys Saturday night for some Flathead fishing.  We set a new single night record for numbers.  21 Flatheads total with no giants but my buddy Ryan caught a nice 17# fish.  All fish were released after a few pics.

10/5 Muskingum River

Got my daughter shelby out for a night of flathead fishing.  We ended up with 11 Flats with Shelby catching big fish of our group with this healthy looking fish.  Fish were released after a few pics.

Jonous and Chucks Flathead Trip

Jonous and Chuck recently made the trip from Indiana to Ohio to do some Flathead Fishing with me.  We fished the river two days.  First night we struggled to find any good fish but Jonous did manage to catch here very first flathead.  During the night Chuck also caught quite a few Channels but the big fish eluded us.  Second night we fished a few different spots, with still no big fish.  As the sun was getting ready to come up we decided to run down river to a spot ive caught fish before.  It wasnt long till the Blackhorse rod doubled over and we knew it was a good fish.  It was Jonous turn and she did great fighting the fish to the boat.  The fish weighed 36#s and crushed her fish from the night before. 
The big Flat made the trip a success in all our eyes!  Looking forward to next trip with these guys for we had lots of fun!

8-24 Muskingum River

Took my young cousin Gavin out saturday night on a Flathead trip.  Got anchored up about 8:00 pm in the first spot.  Soon after dark I reeled in our first fish of the night, a nice 10# channelcat.  Our next spot was down river about a mile.  Shortly after anchoring up Gavin landed a 8# flathead.  About an hour went by and my rod hammered down.  I knew it was a big fish!  After a good battle I finally got him to the boat and gavin did a great job as netman.  This fish weighed 44.11#s.  After a few pics and release my other rod went down, Gavin got to rod and reeled in another good flat at 22#s.  The night was slow after that and we headed back to the ramp at 2:30am.  Another great trip!  With the cooling water temps the bite is really starting to heat up and only gonna get better.

New Personal Best Flathead

Caught my Personal Best Flathead last Sunday night on the Muskingum River.  Fish was caught at 3:30 am on a large live Redhorse sucker.  Fish was released back to the river after a few pics. Fish weighed 50#s even.

New Tournament Livewell

With fishing some bigger tourneys this year with larger fish I decided to build a bigger Livewell.  I started off with a truck tool box I got from a friend.  The inside dimensions is 58x16x12 which is plenty of room for a good limit of fish and fits up against my front deck perfect.  I then purchased a 800GPH Bilge pump some flex hose, a section of 3/4 Pvc, a ball valve and some mouting hardware.  I was going to build a Tank with filters and an oxygen infuser but this will do for now.  I ended up going with a simple spraybar set with a valve so im able to change water easier during the tourney or when empting it.  Heres some pics of my setup and if you have any questions feel free to ask.

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2013 Muskingum Valley Catfish Schedule

Date	Location	Start	End	Results
April 27	Buckeye Lake	7:00 PM	7:00 AM	TBA
May 18	Seneca Lake	7:00 PM	7:00 AM	TBA
June 22	Deer Creek Lake	7:00 PM	7:00 AM	TBA
July 13	Dillon Lake	7:00 PM	7:00 AM	TBA
August 17	Seneca Lake	7:00 PM	7:00 AM	TBA
Sept. 21	Salt Fork Lake (Iron Man)	8:00 AM 8:00 PM	4:00 PM 8:00 AM	TBA
Oct. 5	Ohio River (Gallipolis)	7:00 PM	7:00 AM	TBA

Videos From The James River Trip

James River 2-22 to 2-24

Just got back from my annual trip to the James river.  The conditions were tough with freezing rain and rain through out the trip.  LuckeyWade, Rollo and I made this years trip, which was a great group of hardcore catters willing to sit in these conditions.  First day was slow with a few decent fish caught. I ended up the day with a solid 40+ pound fish

Day two it Rained all day and another struggle to get on a few fish.  Rollo caught big fish of the day with a solid 52 pounder.  Luckeywade and I finished with a few fish around 30 pounds.  The rain def. made for a long day on the river.

 

Day three started with a bang, 10 minutes into our first anchor we stuck a big triple.  Three solid fish.  This has to be the highlight of our trip.  Very exciting scrambling around the boat trying to get all of them in the boat.  Shortly after the triple Luckeywade and I landed a good double.

 Capt. Hugh Self  always works hard to put us on good fish and makes for a great time. Already looking forward to our next trip. Gonna try to get down there again this year to hit the Fall bite.  BigThanks to Rollo and Luckeywade for another memorable trip!